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Democrats call for DACA health care expansion
By Rafael Bernal | The Hill | JUN. 23, 2023 | Photo by Carolyn Kaster A group of 80 Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to implement a proposal to expand access to federal health care benefits for people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a ... -
DACA Recipients Are Under Attack Once Again
Two recent legal challenges have placed more than 600,000 undocumented in danger of losing the only home they have known. By Michelle Alejandra Silva | The Progressive Magazine | JUN. 22, 2023 | Photo by Getty Images As I read the headlines surrounding the still uncertain future of the Deferred ... -
Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don’t use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns
Column by George Skelton | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 12, 2023 | Photo by Charlie Neibergall SACRAMENTO — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crass stunt of flying desperate immigrants to California and dumping them on the doorstep of a Catholic Diocese headquarters showed us one thing: He’s not fit to be America’s ... -
An immigration reform deal that could actually pass
Opinion by Nolan Rappaport | The Hill | JUN. 15, 2023 Democrats blame Republicans for the fact that Congress has not passed a major immigration reform bill since the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 — 37 years ago. While Republicans have opposed the legalization programs Democrats have tried to establish, that doesn’t ... -
'Limbo of DACA' weighs heavy on hundreds of thousands of eligible youths left out of ...
On the 11th anniversary of DACA, as many as 400,000 people who would be eligible to apply have been shut out because of legal challenges. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Owen Berg Hundreds of thousands of DACA-eligible people have been shut out ... -
California officials urged to help migrants flown to Sacramento secure visas for crime victims
By Andrea Castillo | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Gary Coronado WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than four dozen immigrant rights groups sent a letter Wednesday to California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, urging him to help 36 migrants who were flown to Sacramento by Florida contractors secure visas to remain ... -
Uncertainty around DACA creates 'perfect breeding ground' for misinformation
Online misinformation about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has existed since it began. With the program in court again, advocates fight a new wave of false information. By Nicole Acevedo | NBC News | JUN. 11, 2023 | Photo by Getty Images The uncertainty around the fate of DACA, the Deferred ... -
DACA turns 11: As White House calls for immigration reform, 'Dreamers' share their worries
The program for young migrants is in legal limbo, awaiting a judge's ruling. By Armando Garcia & Quinn Owen | ABC News | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Jose Luis Magana The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, hit a milestone on Thursday, 11 years after it ... -
Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls ‘despicable stunt’
By Christopher Weber | Associated Press | JUN. 15, 2023 | Photo by Damian Dovarganes LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday were sent from Texas in a move the city’s mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican ... -
El Magonista Newsletter | Vol. 11, No. 18 | June 9, 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser "El Magonista" | Vol. 11, No. 18 | June 9, 2023 BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP INDICTED ON 7 COUNTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER COMING SOON NEXT WEEK: New Fall 2023 Dreamers Study Abroad Program Application Period Begins LATEST NEWS TEXAS PRESSES FEDERAL JUDGE TO END ...
